The phrase “They rose in dark and evil days to free our native land” comes from the song ‘The Memory Of The Dead‘, about the 1798 Rebellion, rather than the creation of the UDA in 1971.
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“1912-2002 Ulster Volunteer Force – 90 years” linking the Ulster Volunteers of 1912 and WWI with the Carrickfergus company of the contemporary UVF’s 1st East Antrim Battalion. The Larches and Blackthorn Park in Carrickfergus.
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The main mural features the flags of the Ulster Volunteers and YCV, along with Ulster Banner and St Andrew’s Saltire, while the side wall features contemporary UVF brands. It is not clear who John Everitt – on the memorial stone – was. Please comment if you have information. The Larches, Carrickfergus.
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Four UVF hooded gunmen train on the hills next to Maple Gardens, Carrickfergus.
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YCV cut-outs in Blackthorn Park, Carrickfergus.
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Back-to-back hooded UVF gunmen next to one of the bonfire sites in Sunnylands, Carrickfergus.
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“Sunnylands Young Loyalists”, with cut-out assault rifles and red hand. Bridewell Drive, Carrickfergus.
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This Ulster Grenadiers Flute Band (Fb) board in Bridewell Drive, Carrickfergus, shows a modern grenade at the centre of the flags of the UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. If 1996 is the year the board was produced, it is 12 years old at the time of this photo.
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This “C Company Carrickfergus” mural combines vintage YCV soldiers (on the left, with a list of WWI battles on the flag) and modern paramilitaries on the right. Dean Park, Carrickfergus.
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These UFF hooded gunmen are standing outside Long Kesh/Maze prison. The upper flag on the right-hand side of this mural – purple saltire on a blue background with star and red hand – is the proposed flag of Ulster nationalists. Castlemara Drive, Carrickfergus.
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